Clapping toy



2&33585 J. NIGBOR CLAPPING TOY wr'ch M1 136.,

Filed June 18, 1935 Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3Claims.

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a toy adapted tobe pulled over a plane surface for the purpose of making a noise.

An object of this invention is to provide a toy of this character whichmay be used by very small children as an amusement and which embodiesrelatively few parts so that it will not get out of order and may becheaply manufactured.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may have associated therewith a figure which is adaptedto be moved up and down and rocked forwardly and rearwardly as thedevice is pulled over a plane surface.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described in, and in part be understood from thefollowing detail description of the present preferred embodiment, thesame being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section partly in detail taken substantiallythrough the center of a device constructed according to an embodiment ofthis invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken substantially through the centerof the device.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral ldesignates generally a hollow body or box which is preferably open atthe bottom and the numeral ll designates a shaft which is rotatablymounted in the box near the open bottom thereof The shaft II has a pairof wheels l2 secured one to each end thereof and the wheels l2 are fixedagainst rotation relative to the shaft I l by means of pins l3 or thelike. A draw bar or handle I4 is secured to one end of the body [0 andmay be of suitable length so that a child may pull the device over aplane surface.

A vertically movable member l5 in the form of a plate or the like isloosely disposed within the housing or box IB and the box [0 adjacentthe lower portion thereof is provided with a plurality of inwardlyextending rods or pins I6 which prevent the plate or movable member l5from dropping out of the open bottom of the box.

The shaft II has secured thereto a clapper or operating member I! whichis secured to the shaft ll within the box l0 and this clapper H isadapted to strike the movable member I 5 as the shaft I I is rotated. Inthis manner the movable member I5 is forced upwardly in the box l0 andthe member l5 will fall by gravity so that there will be a constant upand down movement of the member I5 as the housing I0 is pulled over aplane surface.

The box I0 is provided with a top l8 having an elongated slot or openingi9 therethrough and a. stem or standard 20 is secured at one end to the5 movable member [5 and is adapted to project loosely through the slot19. The stem or standard 20 has a narrow slit 2| extending downwardlyfrom the upper end thereof and a figure 22 of suitable configuration isadapted to be 10 mounted in this slit 2| so that the figure 22 will moveup and down and back and forth as the standard 20 moves up and down andback and forth with the movement of the member I5.

It is to be noted that the opening IS in the top I8 of the box II] is ofsuch an extent as to leave a substantial portion of the top to serve asa clapboard in connection with the plate I5 as it is impelled upward bythe rotatable clapper I1, and

it is also to be noted that in the assembled relation of the parts theplate I 5 and its stem 2!] surmounted by the figure 22, are entirelyloose and unsupported within the box In save by the clapper I l, andthat the opening I9 is larger both in length and Width than thethickness of the stem 20 whereby the plate [5 and stem are not onlypermitted to have a free up and down movement but a rocking movement inall directions.

In the use of this device the handle or draw bar 14 is grasped by thechild and the body or box ll! pulled over the plane surface with thewheels l2 engaging the plane surface. As the box I!) moves forwardly theclapper I! will raise the movable member I 5 in the box Ill and thespeed of the box It] will effect a rapid movement of the member I5 sothat this member 15 will also strike the under surface of the top l8 toproduce the desired clapping sound. As the member l5 moves up and downin the box ill the figure 22 will also move up and down in addition tomoving forward and backward as the member I5 is rocked and raised bymeans of the operating member I1.

I claim:

1. A sounding toy of the character set forth comprising a box providedwith an open bottom, a wheel supported shaft, a clapper mounted on andcarried by said shaft, the box being provided with a top extendingthereacross and having an opening therein, a plate mounted in the boxabove the clapper and adapted to be engaged by the latter in therotation of the shaft whereby the rapid rotation of the shaft andclapper will impel the plate upward against the lower side of the top ofthe box to produce a clapping sound, and a stem carried by and extendingupward from the plate and accommodated by the opening in the top of thebox.

2. A sounding toy of the character described, comprising a box, a wheelsupported shaft journaled in the box, a clapper carried by the shaft, aplate freely movable within the box above the clapper and adapted to beengaged by the latter, the top of the box above the plate having anopening formed therein, a stem secured to the plate and extending upwardthru said opening, the opening being longer and wider than the stemwhereby the stem and the plate may have both a free rocking and up anddown movement in the box, and a figure surmounting the stem above thetop of the box.

3. A sounding toy of the character described, comprising a resonatingbox provided with an open bottom and with inwardly extending pins abovethe bottom, a Wheel supported shaft journaled in the box near the openbottom thereof, a clapper secured to and carried by the shaft betweensaid pins, a plate mounted freely in the box above the clapper andadapted to be struck by the clapper in rapid rotation of the latterwhereby it will be impelled towards and in contact with the underside ofthe top of the box, said top having an opening formed therein, a stemextending up through said opening from the plate to: which the lower endof the stem is secured, said opening in the top being longer and widerthan the diameter of the stem, and a figure carried by the stem abovethe top of the box.

JOSEPH NIGBOR.

